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Poster: | elbow1126 | Date: | Jan 17, 2011 1:14pm |
Forum: | GratefulDead | Subject: | TDIH - Take a sip of this primordial soup |
Disc 1 (61:14)
set 1:
1. Lovelight (12:02)
2. stage banter (3:19)
3. //Dark Star--> (4:48)
4. China Cat Sunflower*--> (3:20)
5. The Eleven%*--> (9:46)
6. Feedback (0:59)
7. //New Potato Caboose--> (8:35)
8. Born Cross Eyed*--> (2:30)
10. Spanish Jam* (15:50)
Disc 2 (34:29)
set 2:
1. Beat It On Down The Line--> (2:53)
2. Morning Dew (7:40)
3. Cryptical Envelopment--> (1:47)
4. The Other One--> (3:15)
5. Cryptical Envelopment--> (5:04)
6. Good Morning, Little Schoolgirl (13:49)
First versions of China Cat Sunflower, The Eleven, Born Cross Eyed and Spanish Jam as well as the earliest live version of Dark Star that we have, all in the first set! China Cat is in a lower key and the phrasing (not sure if this is correct term) is a little different. Listen to Jerry sing about the Lee-onardo words. The Eleven is a pretty nice first effort although this would become more explosive through the rest of the year and into the next. The Dark Star is very up tempo and pleasant but no where near where it would be by the summer/fall of '68. A very organ heavy Born Cross Eyed explodes out of New Potato Caboose ( a song i have been enjoying a lot more these days) and as quick as it comes its gone transitioning into eery sounding feedback that will morph into a monster Spanish Jam. The SJ starts out a little quicker and jazzier than the ones that will follow on the Quick and the Dead tour that will start after this show. At least that is how it sounds to my ears. Like those other Jams, this one degenerates into feedback for the last minute although not to the same extent, perhaps because it is the end of the first set.
While the second set is energetic, the sound levels are not good with vocals that can be barely heard at times. Pig's organ and Jerry's leads dominate the sound in this set. Not necessarily a bad thing, but it would have been nice to hear what else was going on. Still not a bad way to kick off a defining year for the band.
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Poster: | Cliff Hucker | Date: | Jan 17, 2011 4:27pm |
Forum: | GratefulDead | Subject: | Re: TDIH - Take a sip of this primordial soup |
It's almost hard to believe this is the first ever Spanish Jam, it's an astonishingly polished debut performance. They must have been rehersing it diligently. Of course it's possible that the song was performed in Bakersfield on 1/14/68 (if there truly was such a performance there on that date?)
The truth is that I've tried really hard to love this show. But for some reason, in spite of my appreciation for all of the January/February '68 shows, I can't get that excited about this one. With the exception of the Spanish Jam of course! I think it's the sound quality. I find this remaster just a little less lively compared to those of the shows from the Quick and Dead tour. Maybe it's just me?
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Poster: | elbow1126 | Date: | Jan 17, 2011 6:09pm |
Forum: | GratefulDead | Subject: | Re: TDIH - Take a sip of this primordial soup |
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Poster: | vapors | Date: | Jan 17, 2011 6:53pm |
Forum: | GratefulDead | Subject: | Re: TDIH - Take a sip of this primordial soup |
Been working my way through the recordings and find myself periodically starting the year again. I struggle to come up something insightful or new to add to the discussion, so here’s just a thanks for bringing it up. Today is my sister’s birthday, so early this morning I emailed her a link to this show, something I would never have thought to do before, and babbled on about how it was the first live recording we have of Dark Star and such. I don’t know if she gave it a listen, but I am pretty sure she had a smile on her face.
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Poster: | pdm59 | Date: | Jan 17, 2011 4:14pm |
Forum: | GratefulDead | Subject: | Re: TDIH - Take a sip of this primordial soup |
Also I hope my question does not cause others to hear it if they had not before.
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Poster: | Reade | Date: | Jan 17, 2011 2:26pm |
Forum: | GratefulDead | Subject: | Re: TDIH - Out of the ooze crawls... |